We don't need to debate any more of this idea that Slashdot has been taken over by the right-wing. Right?

... that make me so happy to run Linux Mint and CyanogenMod exclusively as my OS's ...

This story is really saying that this could cure juvenile diabetes -- it does not address adult-onset diabetes. Adult onset diabetes has a lot to do with insulin resistance in all of the cells in the body, and cannot get cured by simply pumping in more and more insulin.

You believe Henry Cavill has super powers?

So let's suppose he's a "fake". He would therefor be guilty of turning a lie into a profitable entertainment venture.

Isn't that exactly how every author, producer and actor makes their living?

Supporting DRM is morally worse than supporting pirating. At least with supporting pirating, no one gets hurt.

My wife is a nurse and we actually know MANY nurses. Mostly female nurses and a handful of males. There is interest in getting more men into the field if you ask them about it. But there is no dedicated "desperately important" effort like you see to get women into IT.

My wife is a nurse. And neither of us have heard of any dedicated effort to hire men and encourage men to pursue education in the field of nursing. Do you have a link for one that has a significant exposure? Because my lack of finding any makes me believe that our culture doesn't care about the idea too much. That's all my point was.

I graduated with an Engineering degree in 2011 from a major state university. There were groups, posters and promotions ALL over campus to encourage women to be a part of every field of STEM. I never saw a single one encouraging a man to be a nurse, psychologist or educator.

I'm not against being educated about this interest in promoting men to be nurses. Please, help me get rid of this ignorance. Show me.

Is it not even remotely possible that it could be caused by a naturally occurring preference of one gender to enjoy the field and a preference for another field to not find the activity as fulfilling?

You'll never see this kind of desperate hand-wringing over the lack of diversity in the nursing field for the last 100 years. But that's because we have a current sociological neurosis that says we have to force women into every field whether they want it or not. And we don't care what men do as long as they aren't getting in the way of women.

I know that sounds intolerably cruel and snide, but I really don't mean it that way in the slightest. It's a very accurate analysis of attitudes that I see in our current culture. And if people would be honest with themselves, I think they could see that. They have justifications for that attitude. But they still have it.

Thank you. I have pretty thick skin. But I'm glad to cool things down also when I realized I wasn't paying enough attention. Mea culpa.

I wasn't referring to transactions where a card is physically present. I'm talking about the online use of the information where the only thing required is a static set of numbers. But I would also like to see disposable (one-use) numbers available for physical transactions using my phone as a 2-factor auth.

Doh!

So, I have made a new resolution. I will RTFA or at least drink coffee in the morning before posting on /. from now on. =)

My point raymorris, is that that should not be possible! You shouldn't be able to obtain a static number and then have the right to start charging money. The story just highlights how wrong the current system is.

Why have Visa and Mastercard not changed their purchase validation system?

A static number that, once discovered, allows anyone to make a purchase until that number's use is deactivated? I should have 2-factor auth on all purchases, my credit card number should only act as a public key, or I should have the ability to generate new disposable numbers on the fly.

They've pushed this nominclature of "identity theft" (which attempt to make consumers feel as though they've been robbed) when in truth these are just cases of fraud that were made possible and likely because Visa and Mastercard haven't improved THEIR security for about 20 years.

(b) is just not true. It is only true for the limited scope of Verizon's built-in monthly fee plan for tethering that uses their software. If you download other software through the Playstore, such as FoxFi, you can tether like a ... weather balloon.